Avnet Abacus has launched a website support the sourcing of components and designs for thermal management in electronic systems. The microsite will allow users to select, and purchase a wide variety of thermal management products from the ...
When Consumer Reports mower testers put new models through their paces in Fort Myers, Florida, each year they look not only for good mowing performance but improved cutting and bagging over models tested in previous years. This season, the ...
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Oxford-based simulator firm Imperas has released a software model of the ARM Cortex-A7 MP core, completing its set of ARM core models. "These are the fastest models on the planet," company founder and CEO Simon Davidmann told Electronics ...
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Don't set your Google Inactive Account Manager just yet, but there are billions of tons of solar matter hurtling toward the Earth at more than 600 miles (970 kilometers) per second. NASA estimates the plasma will hit our atmosphere late ...
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Maxim Integrated Products has designed a tuner IC for digital audio broadcast (DAB) applications which integrates a radio tuner, analogue-to-digital converter (ADC), and digital filtering, and uses a digital I2S output to interface directly ...
Microsoft amended a security update containing a patch that reportedly caused errors in some third-party software. The update, number 2823324, was distributed on Tuesday as part of MS13-036, a batch of patches that fix three Windows ...
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A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought. The survey, by data center hosting vendor Digital Realty Trust, quizzed 300 IT decision makers at large corporations in North ...
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The open-source RF design initiative, dubbed Myriad, has the support of US-based distributor Richardson RFPD. Richardson RFPD will begin stocking and selling the Myriad-RF-1 board to customers around the world via its website immediately. ...
Premier Farnell is supporting ARM processor-based designs by making available a number of development tools, software and evaluation boards across Europe. A similar offering is already available in the Americas. The distributor's ARM ...
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Computerworld - BlackBerry's recent launch of the Z10 smartphone and the upcoming Q10 qwerty device were intended to put the company back on solid ground, but BlackBerry seems to be defending itself from a new crisis every week. In the ...
CSO - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken the position it does not need a search warrant to gather email in criminal investigations, despite opposition from lawmakers and privacy advocates and a ruling by a federal appellate court. ...
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John Johnson considers the use of FPGAs to tackle the design challenges of smart metering systems Legacy power infrastructure is intrinsically inefficient, aging and the operation of it is often harmful to the environment. ...
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It comes with a dock at the top with a Lightning connector as used on the iPhone 5 and the latest iPods. The connector swivels, making it less susceptible to being snapped off, and the dock looks like a small depression in the top of the ...
It keeps track of walks and periodically tells me my speed, distance and time as I go. At journey's end it creates a map and overall exercise statistics. I use it for walks, but you can track bike trips, runs and hikes as well. ...
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The first wristband in 2011, while innovative, was a disaster. Bracelets bricked and there were reported incidents of batteries failing to recharge. It led to recalls and Jawbone returned to the drawing board. Now Jawbone has ...
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